Chapter 333: The Cellar
Lin Dong was groaning, and several diners walked in, and Ma Chun saw that they were all big households, and immediately stepped forward to greet him.
When Ma Chun smiled and brought people upstairs, Lin Dong looked around, and after seeing that although the lobby was full of people, there was no sign that any table might make trouble or quarrel, and he also followed up to the second floor.
Compared with the first floor, the number of diners on the second floor is not weaker at all, and the thirty tables are all full.
Lin Dong's eyes swept away, and the enthusiasm of the big households was also not inferior to the first floor. This alone is enough to show that the wine and food at Lin Ji Inn are not bad, at the very least, it can play a role in boosting the mood.
Immediately, Lin Dong strode to the third floor.
The third floor, like the second floor, is full of large diners, although it is not full, and the empty tables are only about seventy or eighty.
Not far away, after Ma Chun beckoned a few newly brought diners to take their seats, he handed over the matter of introducing the recipe to the guys and went straight downstairs.
"Shopkeeper!" Seeing Lin Dong standing at the top of the stairs, Ma Chun greeted with a smile.
"Has anyone ordered Cheng Bao's spicy dishes?" Lin Dong asked.
"Not much! But as long as they dare to eat, I can see that no one is willing to leave, and it won't take a day or two to keep it. Ma Chun slightly recalled the wine and food on each table, and nodded towards a table against the wall a few meters away: "That table is!" ”
Lin Dong looked at the table introduced by Ma Chun, there were three people at the table, one of them was sweating profusely, wearing a satin gown, and the middle-aged man with an excited face closed his eyes tightly and exhaled desperately. The other two stared at the man, muttering something in their mouths. The chopsticks in his hand are raised, but he seems to have forgotten to put them down.
"Taste, it's good that you all taste." The middle-aged man kept waving his chopsticks to the other two companions, and introduced him more earnestly than the guy: "This fairy spicy chicken, the meat is fresh and tender, after eating, the spicy taste passes, and the whole person who keeps it wants to scream." This spicy tofu, that is called a pleasure, as soon as the spicy taste passes, the feeling is like being tired for more than ten days, and suddenly you can sleep, the whole body is crispy and numb, and I can't tell whether it is sore or comfortable. Believe me, you just ate less, try a big chopstick. ”
The chopsticks in the hands of the two companions rose and fell, and these two dishes, they did not try them. But the taste is so spicy, just a little bit, so spicy that it makes people want to breathe fire. With this small chopstick alone, they each killed two pots of tea, and it took nearly a quarter of an hour to recover.
The introduction of the middle-aged man, although it was only a little tried, they have actually experienced it.
This feeling is really enjoyable and comfortable. But the pain in the early stage also makes people want to die.
"Try it, try again, really!" The middle-aged man obviously had a good relationship with the two, and with the idea of sharing good things with friends, he kept persuading the two to try again.
The three of them have been old friends for many years, and they can't stand the enthusiasm of the middle-aged man, and the two companions are not easy to brush his face, gritted their teeth, and after looking at each other, they hesitated to stretch out the chopsticks in their hands towards the red spicy chicken.
In the expectant and eager gaze of the middle-aged man, the two looked at the spicy chicken on the chopsticks, and their throats were hot and dry.
"Taste it, keep it to your satisfaction."
The middle-aged man was afraid that the two would not believe it, so he immediately stretched out his chopsticks, sandwiched a piece of chicken, and put it in his mouth without hesitation.
Hot sweat instantly fell sharply on the middle-aged man's forehead, and his face, which was already hot and red, turned even redder in an instant. Inhale, exhale...... Holding back the spicy taste and chewing a few times, the middle-aged man's slightly painful face instantly floated like a blooming flower, floating with a deep aftertaste and satisfaction.
"Uh-huh......"
The middle-aged man raised the chopsticks in his hand and waved them at the two of them, with a look of urgency to let the two share his heartiness at the moment.
The two exhaled heavily, and had no choice but to send the chicken on the chopsticks to their mouths. When the chicken was about to touch the lips, the two closed their eyes in unison, in no particular order, and their faces showed determination.
In the blink of an eye, when the chicken entered their mouths, their eyes opened suddenly. In his pupils, the flames of pain swelled rapidly.
"Hiss ......"
"Tutu ......"
The middle-aged man was facing a middle-aged man, desperately panting, his right hand was stretched out quickly, and after grabbing the teapot on the table, he didn't care about any image or not, and stuffed the spout into the mouth that seemed to have a flame burning, and raised his head, like a person who saw a pool of clear water in the desert, and poured it with all his strength.
The other, however, spit out the chicken again after it reached his mouth. When he raised his head to look for water with his tongue stuck out and inhaled, he saw that another companion had already stuffed the spout into his mouth.
"Tea, tea! Be cold. ”
The middle-aged man's eyesight is not bad, and he hurriedly beckoned the guy to serve tea.
"It seems that these two will never try again in their lives."
A few meters away, Ma Chun smacked his lips, Cheng Bao's spicy dishes, he had also tasted them, only once, and vowed not to taste them again. The reason, like the two companions of the middle-aged man, is too spicy, although it does have an incomparable feeling after being spicy, it is also unbearable.
"Indeed, these two obviously can't stand the spicy taste!" Lin Dong nodded, there were more people who didn't like Cheng Leopard's spicy dishes than Cheng Leopard's spicy dishes, which he had expected. This scene was very much in line with his expectations.
People who don't like Cheng Bao's spicy dishes, the reason is very simple, they usually don't stand the extreme spicy. These people have only one attitude towards Cheng Bao's spicy dishes, and they stay away. Similarly, people who usually like to eat extremely spicy food will deeply like the spicy dishes of Cheng Leopard, and their liking degree will be kept in the early stage and they will come over every once in a while. Even after tasting each dish one hundred and eighty times, I believe that when you want to go to the big restaurant, you will think of the spicy dishes of Lin Kee Inn at the first time.
"Shopkeeper, since Cheng Bao has a way to reduce the spiciness of Tianfeng pepper, why don't you lower it anymore?" Ma Chun looked at Lin Dong suspiciously, he had always wanted to know this question. But looking for Cheng Bao, the answer was just a fierce glare, as if he had violated this guy or something, so scared that Ma Chun didn't dare to ask again.
"If it's lowered, the aftertaste won't be enough." Lin Dong shook his head and said: "Although I didn't ask Cheng Leopard, I'm sure that if anyone can eat Tianfeng Pepper, Cheng Bao will definitely make a spicy dish with Tianfeng Pepper that does not reduce the spiciness, and the aftertaste will definitely make people forget it for a lifetime." Moreover, it is guaranteed that you will feel unappetizing for whatever you eat in the future. ”
Ma Chun smacked his tongue, Tianfeng pepper, even the people in the production area can be spicy to death, not to mention the people who rarely eat spicy dishes.
"By the way, Cheng Bao eats too many spicy dishes, it should be easy to get angry." Lin Dong was going to go up to the fourth floor to take a look, but when he saw that the middle-aged man was desperately sweeping the two spicy dishes after determining that he could not persuade the two companions to try the third time, he couldn't help but look at Ma Chun: "Find Cheng Bao later and ask, if you can add some fire-clearing herbs to it, if it will affect the taste, you will give an extra bowl of fire-clearing medicinal soup." ”
Ma Chun nodded, hesitated, or gave up the idea of asking if he wanted to increase the price.
Cheng Bao researched a spicy dish during this time, which adds up to a total of six. The cost of each course, although Tianfeng pepper is transported over a long distance, is only 30 wen for the low one, and only one hundred and eighty wen for the high one. Reluctantly, it is a little higher than ordinary vegetarian meat dishes.
The price sold at the Lin Kee Inn ranged from one tael of silver to ten taels of silver for each course. In terms of the Chamber of Commerce, like stewed soft-shelled turtle with maple leaves and vitality beef balls, this kind of special dish that no one can imitate, only needs to add several colorless and tasteless spiritual materials to it when the Chamber of Commerce checkers check it on the spot, and the cost can be pulled up by ten times and a hundred times. Even if the Chamber of Commerce knew that there might be something greasy inside, it couldn't find out.
It can be said that Cheng Bao's spicy dishes are not a signature dish because of the small audience, but they are the same as the two signature dishes of stewed soft-shelled turtle with maple leaves and vitality beef balls, which are all profiteering dishes of Lin Kee Inn.
Adding some herbs to clear the fire, or sending a bowl of medicinal soup to clear the fire, is not worth mentioning compared to the profit.
Seeing that a large number of diners came up under Liu An's laughter, Lin Dong ordered: "Okay, you go get busy!" I'll go up to the fourth floor and take a look. ”
Ma Chun nodded and walked down the stairs quickly.
After glancing at the diners again, Lin Dong walked up the stairs and went all the way to the fourth floor.
Unlike the other third floors, after entering the door on the fourth floor, there is a passage in the center, and on both sides are private rooms that are neither big nor small. There are eight boxes on the right, and only seven on the left, because the stairs at the entrance take up some space, which is a total of fifteen boxes.
These fifteen private rooms are a little smaller than the boxes on the third floor of the Lin Ji Inn in Autumn Wind City. But the service and interior decoration are more than a notch higher.
Outside the door, there are two men with quick hands and feet standing in each box, but whenever they hear any greetings and needs inside, they can listen to orders at any time. Inside, the snow-white carpet is all woven with the hair of a spirit animal called Snow Spirit Thorn, which is soft and comfortable to step on. In the corners of the walls, all kinds of famous paintings, beckoning trees and other luxury goods are dazzling, luxurious but not a little tacky, all in accordance with the decoration drawings provided by Yang Shun, the chief eunuch. As soon as the door is pushed, the gorgeous and extravagant will come to the face, this style, not to mention the Hongfu Restaurant in a corner, even if it is a Fenglin Restaurant with a unique carpentry team, unless it is the main building piled up by the capital with a mountain of gold, any county-level branch building will be inferior.
In these fifteen private rooms, the seating fee alone is as high as five taels of silver for half an hour. Those who are willing to come up, unless they are banqueting important people, are only those super big families.
Casually beckoning a nearby guy, Lin Dong asked a few words, and after learning that five of the fifteen boxes had been opened, and none of the guests were dissatisfied, he stood at the staircase for a while, and Lin Dong turned around and went downstairs.
Back on the first floor, Lin Dong sat at the counter, taking advantage of the time when dealing with Hua Wuyue and inspecting the upstairs, his soothing face finally soothed, and a faint smile appeared again, but whenever he saw a guest coming to the door, he sent Hexi's smiling face over as soon as possible.
As the sun sets, the night draws in, and it is dark outside the door...... After the last diner left, except for going back to the backyard to prepare three meals, Lin Dong sat in the lobby all day.
"Shopkeeper, it's time to close!" Ma Chun stepped forward with a smile.
Lin Dong closed the ledger, stood up, and glanced at the faces of the guys who were gradually gathering, and Ben's somewhat stiff smile became a lot more natural.
"Ma Chun, Guangmen!"
"Huh!" Ma Chun waved his hand and immediately took two guys to put together all the door panels.
"Business is good today, everyone has worked hard. Ma Chun, you can do it! Lin Dong looked at the guys with a smile: "If you think he is too stingy, you can find me, and I will fine him half a year's salary to make up for you." ”
Hearing this, the guys who were transferred from Autumn Wind City looked at Ma Chun happily, there was a reward today, which they had expected. The newly recruited guys in Lingnan City were overjoyed, and there were additional rewards on the first day, which was enough to be regarded as a big surprise. Moreover, listening to the tone of the shopkeeper, I am afraid that if you say the least, you will have to have a hundred dollars.
"Okay, I'll go back and rest first, and everyone will rest early after receiving the reward, and I'll have to get up early tomorrow morning."
Lin Dong greeted and went back to the backyard alone. Halfway through, there were many exclamations behind him. There is no doubt that the reward that Ma Chun said exceeded a lot of expectations.
He hadn't practiced all day, so Lin Dong didn't want to waste time, so he washed up indiscriminately and immediately went back to his room.
After sitting cross-legged on the bed, slowly suppressing the excitement of the day, and gradually emptying the distracting thoughts in his mind, Lin Dong's eyes were slightly closed, and the surging spiritual power poured out from the dantian, striving to break through the ninefold mental stage...... Ding: Congratulations on completing the upgrade quest 'Help the first guest of the inn solve their troubles', and your inn will be upgraded to level 7.
Outside the door, the night is sultry. In the dark room, a crisp sound woke Lin Dong up, and the spiritual power in the meridians instantly returned to the dantian.
In the darkness, Lin Dong's right fist swung tightly a few times, and ecstasy flashed in his eyes.
Inn, finally upgraded to level 7. Undoubtedly, the old man Liu, who was determined to see all the strange flowers and plants in the Great Han Kingdom, successfully broke through the agility period and reached the first level of the mental stage.
Jumping up from the bed, Lin Dong quickly called up the inn system.
Lin Kee Inn: Level 70% Turnover: One hundred and fifty-four two spirit stones: 3121/6400Defense value: 3121/6400Room: 60/80Dining table: 0/40 Guys: 23Cooks: 6 Stables: 0/25 Kitchen: 6/7 Branch: 11Small vegetable garden: 10/15 Breeding pen: 2/15 Cellar: 0/5 Cellar?
Lin Dong was stunned, what is this? In the previous world, he didn't play this game for long, and the highest was only to level six. The addition of this seventh level of caste surprised him a little.
After a short period of stunnedness, Lin Dong immediately opened the cellar, the newly added genus and surname.
Cellar:
Temperature control: After it is turned on, the temperature can be adjusted at will, and a little spiritual power is consumed every 100 days. (Plants and animals cannot be stored.) Time control: After opening, you can increase or decrease the time at will, and you can increase or decrease it for one year every time you store it, consuming a little spiritual power. (Plants and animals cannot be stored.) The smile on Lin Dong's face was uncontrollable in an instant.
This cellar, the cattle are not good.
The first surname is nothing in Lin Dong's opinion, once Peng Qiao researches the Lingshi heater, Lingshi refrigerator and Lingshi air conditioner, it will no longer be a problem. The surname of this temperature control is only beyond the limit of the spirit stone refrigerator and spirit stone heater at most, and most of the time it is not used. At most, it is only when you encounter something that needs to be stored in extreme cold and heat, and neither the spirit stone refrigerator nor the spirit stone heater can provide this temperature to come in handy.
The things that need to be stored in extremely cold and hot places are undoubtedly not ordinary ordinary products, they must be related to spiritual materials, spirit beasts, spirit stones, and the like. These things may be good for earning the money of the sect, and they may also be indirectly helpful for cultivation, but they are not of much use to the improvement of the inn. After all, even if it is a spirit beast spirit material whose meat quality can be used in the dish, it needs to be stored under such harsh conditions, and its level is definitely not low. ** level spirit beast spirit materials, even in the capital, I'm afraid not many people can afford to consume them.
This time control is infinitely valuable in Lin Dong's eyes.
You can increase or decrease the time at will, which is equivalent to putting a few vases in it, and then adjusting it to increase for a thousand years, and then taking it out the next day, it is an antique. Of course, the premise is that the Great Han Kingdom thousands of years ago can make this kind of vase.
Similarly, some spiritual materials that have been stored for a longer period of time and have become more effective than those that have been stored for too long, or that have lost their medicinal effects because they have been stored for too long, are also of great value if they are placed in the cellar and the time control is turned on, or the time is increased or decreased.
The two possible surnames, when used properly, are both powerful tools for making money. The latter, if this spiritual material is a medicinal material that assists in cultivation, it will also indirectly help one's strength.
These are not the point, what Lin Dong really values is the help of the inn's business.
After seeing the surname Kongshi, the first thing he thought of was the red wine and thyme in the inn.
Most wines, which have been aged for a long time, are more mellow. Whether this is the case for red wine, or what is the limit of the storage period, Lin Dong does not know, but he knows thyme.
Three-year, five-year, ten-year, and thirty-year periods, these are the four storage times of thyme. That is, if it is buried underground and taken out after four years, there is no difference between the mellow flavor of thyme and the three-year thyme. And when taken out after five years of storage, the mellow flavor of thyme will be better than that of three years.
Ordinary thyme can only be second to none in Southwest County, but it can only be regarded as one of the top three in Qiufeng Mansion, and it is no longer worth mentioning in Lingnan County. But the thirty-year-old thyme is enough to be proud of the entire Lingnan County, and even the number one in the Han Kingdom.
With the 30-year-old thyme alone, Lin Kee Inn is not inferior to Fenglin Restaurant, which can get Gyokuro wine at a low price.
If the red wine that is better than thyme can also be stored more and more mellow, not to mention that there are four stages of improvement like thyme, even if it can only be increased by one or two times, although it is also not as good as Gyokuro wine, it is enough to use more wine varieties and the amount of wine that can be provided to overpower Fenglin Restaurant. If the price is affordable enough for the super big families, it can defeat the Maple Grove Restaurant.
In terms of wine alone, the time control of this cellar can make Lin Dong ecstatic. Perhaps, you can also find other things that can use the caste of the upper control and can improve the competitiveness of the inn.
The inn system has been upgraded to level 7, all the genera and surnames have increased, and the cultivation bonus can also be adjusted from 6 times to 7 times, but Lin Dong didn't have any idea, opened the door and went straight to Old Man Ding's room, under Old Man Ding's bewildered gaze, after taking a few jars of top-grade wine for him, he rushed to the location of the cellar.
(To be continued)